Houston family thankful boy saved them, though fire left them homeless

Cody Dut, Houston Chronicle

By Cody Duty, Houston Chronicle

Updated 12:30 pm, Friday, December 20, 2013

The rubble from an early morning fire sits outside an apartment at Huntington Village apartments, Dec. 20, 2013. (Cody Duty / Houston Chronicle)

The rubble from an early morning fire sits outside an apartment at...

Rolanda Gray holds her four-year-old son, Jemil Gray, after a fire tore through their apartment at Huntington Village apartments Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Houston. Jemil woke his mom up after the fire started in their apartment giving her enough time to get him and his 17-year-old sister out of the home. "We lost everything," she said, including Christmas presents.
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Rolanda Gray holds her four-year-old son, Jemil Gray, after a fire...

Rolanda Gray holds her four-year-old son, Jemil Gray, as she looks at the rubble from an early morning fire outside their apartment at Huntington Village apartments Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Houston. Jemil woke his mom up after the fire started in their apartment giving her enough time to get him and his 17-year-old sister out of the home. "We lost everything," she said, including Christmas presents.
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Rolanda Gray holds her four-year-old son, Jemil Gray, as she looks...

Francisco Garcia with the maintenance department at the Huntington Village apartments cleans up Rolanda Gray's apartment after a fire tore through it Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Houston. Four-year-old Jemil Gray woke his mom, Rolanda, up after the fire started in their apartment giving her enough time to get him and his 17-year-old sister out of the home. "We lost everything," she said, including Christmas presents.
Photo: Cody Duty, Houston Chronicle